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Show r- 1 . fcij' ' ,: . i . . ii ' . ! . . ilLL 10 REPORT REMAIN 01 TABLE 'alt , 'ower Chamber Notified Procedure Under Joint Rules of Session. ;u Convention of Both Bodies . r.- ' With Governor Present 'orl: . Latest Talk. at rtroo'. Efforts on the part of the lower house aid isterday to dislodge the conference this ; mmittee report on the mine tax bill . om the "table' of the senate failed, at Q-ast temporarily, and the report still Atorti-jsts serenely upon the table of the upper )uee. As a result, the deadolck on the "-Mne tax question continues. The lower house, however, did compel iktf Cfe uPPer branch to consent to send it 10 o'fy report on what the upper house had r U-)ne with the -conference committee re-rt, re-rt, an official communication relative -ui which, it developed, had not been sent r Fjp;ie house as provided under he joint fUurt!ie3 of the two houses. sUljdr-"ThB matter was first brought up yes- li'' f rUa'y morning by Senator Sanford, t 0('".iairman of the conference committee, cortxi10 'inquired whether the secretary of DeSf' 16 senale nat advised the house of the t. Snate's .aotion in tabling the conference "eat ,.,nnmittee report. The1 president in- J-trmiid him that such notice had not thc..'i;ien sent. Senator Sanford suggested iencUr'at 3Dint rule Is'0, 28 required that re-"8 re-"8 war)r'- 0n act-ion ot tne senate should be "to v'ade to the lower house. The president rd Wh'61 tnat tne tabling of the report was 't an "action"' on the report us con-n. con-n. , mplated under the rule, and, therefore, jj iat no report was necessary. The mat- aa foi.Wr waa drPDei or tne time- trui ouse Demands Record. reet.. Cipuring the afternoon session a eom-L.LMA.V, eom-L.LMA.V, unication was received by the senate DSAY, oni the house calling attention to the UGHSSJnt rules, and demanding tnat under 63lonw;ese rules the bill itself, the conference mmittee report and a record of the ac- jn of the senate upon tliis report be ert ansmltted to the lower house. Senator Olson moved that the confer- ice report on the mine tax bill be taken T1CE. om tile taD' anci considered by the nate. The motion was killed by a viva co vote. omPan Senator Olson then moved that the sec-r sec-r t:ftary of7 the senate send to the house a :::nimunication that the conference com-s com-s of MiijttC(; report had been laid upon the enty.fi-,ye an(j nat the conference committee decked been continued, upon a motion to the o'j'jt rffoct made by Senator Parker. This iorauo;0(ion carried, and Hie secretary of the lolders c naLe wag directed to send such a re-close. re-close. rt to the house. The communication from the senate did . GRA-t reach the Jiouse yesterday afternfion, f-t, it is understood, will reach it this S. FOC'ornlni? for action by that body. Just T.tmt move the house contemplates mak-g mak-g remains to be seen. - - - ,TiCE,' )int Convention Possible. Blue BThere was some talk last night of ef-rts ef-rts to bring about a joint convention to the!- the two houses on the mine tax meaa-. 3ell ile and of inviting tho governor to ap-n, ap-n, that ;.ar before sucli a session and explain ) per attitude in the matter as he had ex-iard ex-iard o.' -lined it to tlie conference committee dial stolen that body conferred with him a few rch -,yg ago. Nothing detinite in this line Laich H is undertaken yesterdary, however.' It has been pointed out that yesterday ;SP,G"is tho last day upon which bills sent P"; the governor for action to be act-tfASS7 act-tfASS7 upon and returned to the legislature frforo Its adjournment. All bills sent him now, under the law, he may hold Ills possession and act upon at his . 0M) sure after tlie legislature adjourns, ; LMU Hie senate yesterday afternoon amend T: t'10 nouse road bond bill to increase the u nd issue for state roads from ?3,000,0l)0 , .u- $4,000,000 and to reduce the amount t"e,E .at must bo expended In each county 4 im $7r,00 to .?i!r..0U0. It also added a 8 lll,So re(iuiril1 ttiat nil work costing f o(t.,r6 tnEln ?-5.u00 and not done by con-rposeo con-rposeo :t abor most ho riono under contract let wiwjvthfl lowest bidder, with the provision ru8iiJa at n raa0 the jowest bid is alove tlie meet Kineer-H et4tiniHte, all bids may be re-ti-rtt;d and t,,e wu!'k (one liv hte'stato it-0 it-0 . An effort waa made by Senator will oe j-; : Sanford to change the bond Issue back to $3,000,000, provided by the house, but it failed. Road Bond Issue Undetermined. When the measure went back to the house the house refused to concur in the senate amendments relative to the increased in-creased bond issue and the reduction of county apportionment. The measure will go to a conference committee in an effort ef-fort to get an agreement on these points. Greenwood's blanket eight-hour-day law was . tabled by the senate oh motion of Senator Bevan. There was no discussion discus-sion of this house measure, Senator Chez's bill making it a felony for any person to take another's automo; bile without consent of the owner, with or without intent to steal it, was amended to make the offense a misdemeanor punishable pun-ishable by not more than a year in the county jail or a fine of not more th,an ?500 or both, and was then passed' on final reading. S. B. No. 91. by the committee on agriculture, agri-culture, prohibiting the sale or handling of "imitation milk" in Utah except it be labeled "imitation milk" and handled under un-der license of the dairy and food department depart-ment of the state, passed on second reading. read-ing. The public affairs committee bill raising rais-ing the salaries of the state treasurer to ?3r,0O, superintendent of instruction to $4000. auditor to $3500, and the attorney general to $4500, was passed on second reading. Appointments Referred. The governor ' submitted to the senate some additional appointments, which were referred to the special committee. The appointments submitted are: Utah State Fair association, Louis S. Cardon, Logan; John II. Soeley, Mt. Pleasant; J. G. McAllister, Mc-Allister, Salt Lake; James Jensen, Brig- ham City; Wlllard Scowcroft, Ogden; Mrs. R. B. L. Collier, Salt Lake, each for four years.. J. H. Waters. Salt Lake; W. D Roberts. Provo; M. E. Lipman, Salt Lake, two years each. State industrial school T. A. Williams, Salt Lake; Walter N. Farr, Ogden; Levi Edgar Young, Salt Lake, for four years; George K. Browning, Ogden, two vears. Board of trained nurses Sarah Bastow, Logan; Zlna Johnson, Provo; H. Claire Haines, Salt Lake, for four years; Mrs. E. K. Richards, .Salt Lake; Mrs. Leila H. Howe, Salt Lake, to serve two years. ( The house notified the senate that It refused to concur in the senate amendments amend-ments to the Plercey eight-hour law for womon, and asked for a conference. The senate named on Its committee Senators Stringliam, Parker and, Hayward. |